• mattc@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    Protecting free speech is always worth it. Don’t care what you believe in.

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      13 hours ago

      Well, charlie certainly never once did that. He just abused the privilege in order to deny that right to others.

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      13 hours ago

      This comic isn’t about free speech, it’s in reference to a famous quote of his about school shootings being worth it to uphold the sanctity of the 2nd amendment.

      The idea is that after becoming a victim of a school shooting himself, does he still hold that view?

      It’s especially poignant considering he encouraged his supporters to come armed and lauded the Utah law that allowed guns to be brought on campus.

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        9 hours ago

        And it’s not just about the guns, it’s about the types of guns that can be bought and sold openly and freely due to decades of intense NRA lobbying. Assault rifles. No background checks. Etcetera. Add a constant deluge of right-wing rage and outrage content on the internet AND television, us vs them, my side right or wrong, fuck my brother and neighbor.

        Their antivaxxx mentality applies to everything they touch, everything in their daily lives. Reality doesn’t matter, all that matters is that I must hurt all those who are not just like me, everybody on my facebook/twitter/tiktok/whatever says so! They also tell me the sky is about to collapse and it’s all and always the fault of dem libruls!